Where did the Cossacks originate? What are the traditions and cultures of Cossacks?

Where did the Cossacks originate? What are the traditions and cultures of Cossacks? I will provide you with detailed related contents.

Speaking of Cossacks, they are a group of nomadic people living in the grasslands of Eastern Europe, and they are local groups with unique history and culture in Russia and Ukraine. Historically, Cossacks were famous for their bravery and superb riding skills, and they were also the main force in the southeast expansion of the Russian Empire in the17th century. Let's get to know the Cossack people together.

The origin of the name "Cossack"

There is no doubt that the name "Cossack" should have appeared in Russia at the earliest. From the beginning, it was an independent armed group, wandering in the vast uninhabited Russian territory.

At the end of14th century, Russian armed groups named "Cossacks" began to appear in Zaporoge, Don River, Volga River and ural river River basins.

The soldiers of the "Cossack" armed group have different ethnic origins, but the life and structure of these military settlements are very similar.

Gu Milev Leo nikolayevich (гумилевлевниколав)

The origin of Cossacks

There are several versions about the origin of Cossack:

One saying is that the Cossacks are nomadic tribes from the East. (For example, Hazare (хазаров), Kassok (касогов), Circle (чв)

The appearance of Cossacks can be traced back to the era of the Turkish Empire before the appearance of Slavs. Some evidence shows that the word "Cossack" is similar to Turkish qazaq or Kazakh, and the latter word means: armed nomadic people;

Another way of saying it is: Cossacks are out-of-control Slavs who settled in the grasslands around the Azov Sea and the Black Sea around the15th century;

Cossack, often mentioned in Russian history books, began in11940s. Although there is no definite answer to the question of historical origin, the culture and structure of Cossacks are very clear.

Cossack military tradition

Let's take the Cossacks on the Don as an example.

Cossack's military culture includes:

Unarmed combat; Rifle shooting; Sabre training; Riding training.

Cossacks' military skills were passed down from the old generation to the younger generation. In the all-Russian Cossack military skill competition, the Cossacks showed all their fighting skills, which deeply influenced the young Cossacks and attracted more young people to join the Cossack army.

In daily life, Cossack soldiers skillfully use and develop their own skills, apply these skills to hunting, set traps in hunting and track targets.

The use of all these skills made the Cossacks become real hunting masters, and they also benefited a lot from fighting the enemy.

Cossack people's special military culture makes them destined to be soldiers from birth and become cossack soldiers who can survive in extreme conditions, are cold-resistant and have strong psychology.

To join the Cossack military organization, you must pass an "exam". Every Cossack military organization has its own unique testing method. For example, the content of the exam usually includes "baptism" and "cooking".

Cossacks believe in the Orthodox Church, and those who have not been baptized cannot enter the Cossack military organization.

Cooking test can reveal the applicant's personality.

The test is like this: let the tester cook porridge for everyone to eat. After the porridge is cooked, the tester will invite everyone to eat porridge, and these people who eat porridge will deliberately ignore the testee and take him seriously. If the tester shows no temper and sissy, the test will fail. If the tester starts to lose his temper, the test will pass.

Cossack art and literature

The Cossacks in Zaporoge Write to the Turkish Sultan is probably the most famous painting depicting Ukrainian Cossacks. It was painted by Ivan Lie Bin (иванеивиичре).

There are many paintings of Cossack soldiers in the world, which are rich in information, and the authors of many paintings don't know who they are.

Rembrandt's painting "Polish Officer" depicts the clothes and weapons of Polish Cossacks.

In Jozef Brant's painting "Archery Training", Russian and Ukrainian Cossack cavalry units are depicted.

Sergei Ivanovich Vasilcovschi (сергейивановичвасил)

There are many literary works, stories and songs about Cossacks. If you have read the great Russian writer Nikolai vasilyevich Nikolai Nikolai Gogol (николаявасильевич)

Cossacks in 2 1 century

What we are talking about is not the bright clothes worn by these Cossacks, their horse riding and stage performances, but how they are the descendants of the real Cossacks, how they live in big cities now, whether they have retained their traditions, and whether the military skills handed down by their ancestors have been abandoned.

Cossack worshippers like to emphasize that Cossack is a group with its own history and tradition. Modern Cossacks don't need to protect the land where they live. They need to work like everyone else. Although they look like us, they are still Cossacks at heart.

Cossacks are very dissatisfied with Russian Federation 154 regulation, according to which anyone, regardless of his belief, nationality and education level, can become a Cossack soldier as long as he passes the medical examination of Russian military service. Cossacks are worried that the Cossack tradition will be gradually eroded by modern society.